Recital by Xin Saxophone Quartet

Saturday, 11 August 2018, 3pm – 3.30pm
Lee Foundation Theatre

Jay Ong: Transit Sketches II for saxophone quartet (Asian Premiere)

Zechariah Goh: Homage

Daniel Yiau: Sax Drive! (Asian Premiere)

Alexander Oon: The Serpent

Michellina Chan, soprano saxophone
Alexis Seah, alto saxophone
Jay Ong, tenor saxophone
Yixiang Ang, baritone saxophone

One of the very few leading professional saxophone quartets in Singapore, Xin Saxophone Quartet will be featuring two Asian Premieres of Singaporean works. As fervent advocates for new music, the quartet has once again looked to their resident composer, Jay Ong, for a third piece for saxophone quartet entitled Transit Sketches II which has been inspired by the sounds heard on Singapore’s public transport. The quartet will also be performing the popular Homage for saxophone quartet by Dr. Zechariah Goh (Head of Composition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore) and The Serpent by Alexander Oon (Winner of the Peru Embassy Tumi Award in 2016).